In the News

KTVA News (March ) – Dr. Sara Connolly, clinical assistant professor in the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, was one of over 50 volunteer veterinarians from five different countries working the Iditarod this year. “We listen to…
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Journal-Gazette & Times-Courier (Mattoon, Ill.; March14) – The community medicine program associated with shelter medicine at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine provides care for pet owners who might not be able to…
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ciLiving (WCIA-TV; March 13) – Dr. Samantha Sander, director of Wildlife Medical Clinic at the University of Illinois, shows off two infant squirrels that marked the arrival of spring and orphan season at the clinic….
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News-Gazette (March 10) – Dr. Tina Wismer, the medical director for the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center and adjunct instructor at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, has advised veterinarians and pet owners…
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WCIA-TV News (March 8) – An emotional support animal can be a bunny, it can be a sugar glider it can be a rat and people can attach and feel comfortable in the presence of…
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WCIA-TV News (March 7) – A new program is helping low-income people take care of their pets. The UI is offering a community medicine program. They hope it will lower the number of animals taken…
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WILL-AM The 21st Show (March 5) – Two Illinois scientists are hoping to make a difference for the Humboldt penguin native to Peru: Dr. Mike Adkesson, vice president of clinical medicine for the Chicago Zoological…
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News-Gazette (March 3) – With the interest in reptiles as pets expanding, Dr. Sarah Reich, a veterinarian who sees wildlife and exotic pets at the UI College of Veterinary Medicine, has some advice for current…
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UI7-TV (March 1) – Volunteers from the Wildlife Medical Clinic introduced Hazel the Eastern box turtle and Thistle the American kestrel to the campus on the Good Morning Illini live TV show.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYeiDggR-K8&list=UUNvaH1rL6_EBJsv0_6_FCTQ&index=7&t=0s

ciLiving (WCIA-TV; March 1) – Drs. Jonathan Stack and Gabi Wallace, both cardiology residents at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, and Lauren Phillips, a fourth-year veterinary student, told the story of Olive, a poodle puppy that…
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